Evaluation of different primer sets for the rapid diagnosis of tuberculosis

Pakistan Journal of Biological Sciences

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 107-111

  Fatolahzadeh, B ^a   Maleknejad, P ^a   Bahador, A ^a   Peeri Dogaheh, H ^b   Alikhani, M Y ^c   Radmanesh Ahsani, R ^d  

^a TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b ARDABIL UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c HAMADAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^d SHAHID BEHESHTI UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Loewenstein Jensen medium; PCR; Tuberculous pleuritis; Ziehl Neelsen

Indexed keywords

EID: 33846428394     PISSN: 10288880     EISSN: 18125735     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3923/pjbs.2007.107.111     Document Type: Article

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